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The newly established School of Law and Society is looking to add 2 lecturers in Legal Practice to its teaching team to strengthen the delivery of its suite of legal practice programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Successful applicants will play a large role in delivering and further developing our newly created solicitor apprenticeship programme, LLB Legal Practice SQE and LLM Legal Practice SQE. We particularly invite applicants who would be able to contribute to the leadership and teaching of at least one of the following subject areas: business law and practice, employment law, civil procedure, wills and probate and family law. Lecturers in Legal Practice will also be expected to teach at least one of the core undergraduate units on the LLB degree.

Additionally, we anticipate that any successful candidate will be able to contribute to the scoping and development of future clinical legal education opportunities within the School, as well as to the delivery, organisation and management of our suite of other law programmes. We also expect successful candidates to assist with embedding the university within the professional legal community through continued engagement with our partner solicitor firms, chambers, public bodies, NGOs and alumni.

The School of Law and Society also has a flourishing research, innovation and knowledge exchange culture in law centred around the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM), the MagPIE project (a £1.6 million funded project from the European Research Council & UKRI to develop a human rights framework relating to the protection and investigation of mass graves), and our Future Fridays Legal Skills Workshops. Successful candidates will benefit from developing opportunities within this thriving RIKE environment and are expected to engage and contribute to its further enhancement.

At the School of Law and Society we combine the teaching and world‑leading research of law, criminology, and sociology to create socially conscious and commercially aware graduates who understand the impact of their professions on society. This interdisciplinary socio‑legal approach creates resilient graduates who appreciate how their learning is being constantly disrupted and reshaped by the challenges of the 21st century.

Our law degrees are innovative in how they ingrain the professional community into their design, delivery, and evaluation, to ensure we develop employment‑ready graduates. BU graduates lead in the employment statistics of the law firms in the South‑West. Our sociology and criminology courses examine the social, political, economic, cultural and psychological dynamics of local and global communities, as well as how crime and criminal justice shape the societies we live in. Over 90% of sociology and criminology graduates are employed or doing PG study within 15 months of graduating.

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

A job description for this position is available at the top of this page. If you require this in a different format, please contact us at hrvacancies@bournemouth.ac.uk.